National Register of Historic Places
Barton Lodge
Hot Springs vicinity, Bath County, Virginia
The record
- Listed
- December 24, 2013
- Type
- Building
- Address
- 373 French's Hill Dr., Hot Springs vicinity
- County
- Bath
- State
- Virginia
- Contributing resources
- 1 building
- Coordinates
- 37.99857, -79.83426
- Reference number
- 13000984
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The story
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Barton Lodge is a Neo-Classical Revival house at 373 French's Hill Dr. near Hot Springs in Bath County, built c. 1899. The nomination names Charles E. Cassell as architect and Grace & Hyde Co. as builder.
Why it's listed
It was listed under criteria A, B and C, with significance in architecture, commerce and social history; the nomination gives its period of significance as 1898 to 1961, reflecting Mary Tyler French's 1898 purchase of the property from the Virginia Hot Springs Company.
Physical character
The house has a native stone foundation, brick and weatherboard walls with replacement vinyl siding, and an asphalt roof. In 1927 two rear wings were added, the kitchen and laundry moved from the basement to the southern wing, and the second-floor bathrooms were remodeled. A roof addition with a stair tower and two one-story wings were added between 1927 and 1961, and the west elevation was modified in the 1960s and 1990s.
Historical context
Letitia Pate Whitehead Evans bought Barton Lodge in 1927, and it was renamed Malvern Hall; she became a director of The Coca-Cola Company in 1934. The Lettie Pate Evans Foundation transferred the property to St. Luke's Episcopal Church in 1961.